Kearny's march : the epic journey that created the American southwest, 1846-1847

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-294) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	A people in motion -- Mr. Polk gets his war -- The Pathfinder -- True west -- Kearny's march -- The Santa Fe Trail -- Some days you eat the bear; some days the bear eats you -- "The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on" -- In old Monterey -- Dancing on air -- Doniphan's Expedition -- The fight of their lives -- The death trap -- The horror -- Political treachery, military insubordination, discovery of Zion, and the salvation of children -- Last roll call: a warm salute.
Summary, etc.:	Documents the mid-nineteenth-century mission by General Stephen Watts Kearny that expanded the United States territory to the Pacific Ocean, recounting the formidable dangers faced by his cavalrymen.